5000k CFL's?

nahhh get 6 of them 2700K ..

runn 3 with them 6500K fist two weeks untill you see hairs then go all 2700K

5000k's r solid tho, Used them for entire veg and replaced around half of them with 2700k's for flowering

Do you have an intake fan at all? Or a fan circulating the air inside the cab?

Originally Posted by johnnydro

5000k's r solid tho, Used them for entire veg and replaced around half of them with 2700k's for flowering

yep 5000K is actualy ok .. atlest the best of them you can get at walmart aso. a lot bettwer then 4000K .. but now we are talking Veg and normal plants I belive .. he is growing Autos .. and have some 6500K allready .. so I would for sure go for 3x2700K for them small autos ..

ok so i can keep what i have then when i start to see hairs switch them all to 2700k or just switch the 6700k for 2700k and leave the 5000ks

5000k isbetter than 2700. yes i would go with your original plan

if you really need to prove it to yourself look up thw spectrums on a manufacturer website. the 5000k is a 5000k because it has sine blue but is has all the red in the right places than the 2700k.

do what you find best .. with what you have ...

but yea in general .. the more Lumers the better .. specialy more when they flower ..

a Veg plant indoors need atlest 3K Lumens Per sq. ft.

a flowering plant indoor needs atlest 5K Lumens per sq. ft. (10K will be much better if you want big dense nugs)



about colors or Kelvin ..

a plant need all colors (cept green) so it will boath need Blue .. red and yellow light .. to grow well ..

but in general a young plant in Veg will need more blue light (6500K)

and a flowering plant will need more red/yellow (2000-3000K) light to grow buds ..

a 5000K light will provide most yellow light I belive .. witch is`t bad .. cept if you only have 5000K bulbs ..

agin .. if it was me .. and we are talking Autos .. I would just go for some 2700K bulbs .. 23W or bigger .. as many as you can fit in ther ..


if you could get/afford 6 Y splits to fit your two light rails you could fit 12 cheap 23W bulbs .. or just get 9 of them 23W 2700K bulbs and mix em up with them tree 6500K you have ..

that would be the most logical thing to do if you ask me .. them autos need some red/yellow light ..


Ooh yea .. and if it is to much work with the pump and moveing the plants up ..

I was thinking you could use a pice of plywood to mount all your lights on .. and move that up and down .. just keep the eletrick wires and connections aso. over the plywood .. make some strings with some hooks or sumthign ..